US Patent Issued to Autoliv Development on April 14 for "Vehicle sensor device and seat belt retractor employing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,318, issued on April 14, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Vehicle sensor device and seat belt retractor employing same" was invented by Hyeon Ki Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Chan Ki Moon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a vehicle sensor device and a seat belt retractor employing same, the vehicle sensor device comprising: a body forming the outer appearance thereof; a cover coupled to one opened surface of the body; a sensor housing rotatably installed in the body according to the inclination of a backrest and the installation angle of the bo...